https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305276 A co-operative society registered under the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act is not automatically 'State' under Article 12 or ordinarily amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226. Applying Ajay Hasia and Pradeep Kumar Biswas, the Court treated the relevant test as deep and pervasive governmental control, including financial, functional and administrative domination. Extensive regulatory powers under the statute were held to be supervisory rather than controlling, and the society's member-focused functions, bye-laws and absence of a statutory public duty did not justify writ relief. The earlier absolute view that no writ lies against a co-operative society was therefore not good law; writ jurisdiction remains available only where Article 12 status or a recognised statutory public duty is shown. en-us Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 25 Nov 2022 16:47:24 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305276 A co-operative society registered under the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act is not automatically 'State' under Article 12 or ordinarily amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226. Applying Ajay Hasia and Pradeep Kumar Biswas, the Court treated the relevant test as deep and pervasive governmental control, including financial, functional and administrative domination. Extensive regulatory powers under the statute were held to be supervisory rather than controlling, and the society's member-focused functions, bye-laws and absence of a statutory public duty did not justify writ relief. The earlier absolute view that no writ lies against a co-operative society was therefore not good law; writ jurisdiction remains available only where Article 12 status or a recognised statutory public duty is shown. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305276